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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JACOB KEIL, SR., retired, an old and highly respected citizen of Sharpsburg, was born in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1824. His parents, George and Catherine (Shaffer) Keil, were also born in Germany, and had a family of six children. George was a weaver, and, coming to America in 1827, located in Pittsburgh, and continued to reside in Allegheny county until his death, in 1868, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife died in 1876, aged seventy-one years. Jacob attended the common schools of Pittsburgh, and at an early day commenced to work in the iron-mills. He came to Sharpsburg in 1845, and here has since resided. That same year he married Doratha Krause, also of Germany, and eight children were born to them, of whom four sons are now living: Peter, manager of the tubeworks, Philadelphia; Edward, an iron worker; Jacob, Jr., a druggist, of Sharpsburg, and George L., an iron worker in Pittsburgh. Mr. Keil has for many years been boss roller in the iron-mill. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a democrat.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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